''Replay'' is the sixth album by Crosby, Stills & Nash and their second retrospective, appearing in 1980 on the

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label. It contains no material with Neil Young, but does include CSN solo projects. It peaked at No. 122 on the ''Billboard'' 200, their first album not to chart in the top ten.

Background

In 1980,

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invited Graham Nash to accompany him on a tour of Europe, both subsequently deciding to record songs together. The label, however, wanted more CSN product, and with the pair still in process, released this package for the Christmas sales season. The pair continued to work in the studio together, but again Atlantic Records insisted on the inclusion of David Crosby as the CSN brand increased sales potential greatly, which would result in their next album, ''

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''. Apparently given his minimal number of writing credits and therefore low royalties, Crosby had no hand in the selection for ''Replay'', dismissing the album as "an obvious money trip, nothing more."Zimmer and Diltz, pp. 219-20

Assembly

The compilation contains four album cuts taken from outside the parent CSN discography, and misses charting singles in " Teach Your Children," " Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" and " Woodstock". This may have been deliberate, however, to avoid duplication with songs on the still available ''

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''. All songs were previously released, with four having appeared on non-CSN albums. "Love the One You're With" and "First Things First" include Crosby and Nash on vocals; those as well as "Change Partners" derive from solo albums by Stills, the third of which entitled '' Stills'' had been released not on Atlantic but on

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. "To the Last Whale...," comprising the songs "Critical Mass" by Crosby and "Wind on the Water" by Nash, comes from their duo album on

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. Two other songs were altered. Stills edited "

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" by removing the "Questions" section, adding a new guitar solo along with overdubbed bass and drums, and ending the song with a repeat of the "Carry on, love is coming..." line instead of the guitar solo fade out. "I Give You Give Blind" was remixed to remove the strings heard on the original version. For "First Things First", the percussion intro that was taken off '' Stills'' was left on for this album.

Track listing

Side one

Side two

Personnel

* David Crosby – vocals;

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on "Just A Song Before I Go"; string arrangements on "Cathedral" *

– vocals all tracks except "To the Last Whale";

guitars The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

all tracks except "To the Last Whale" and "Cathedral";

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on "Carry On," "Marrakesh Express," and "Pre-Road Downs";

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on "Carry On," "Marrakesh Express" "Pre-Road Downs," and "Change Partners"

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, overdubbed

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on "Carry On"; steel drum, percussion on "Love the One You're With" * Graham Nash – vocals all tracks except "Change Partners"; rhythm guitar on "Marrakesh Express" and "Pre-Road Downs"; piano on "Just A Song Before I Go," "To the Last Whale...," and "Cathedral"; string arrangements on "Cathedral"; congas on "Carry On"

Additional musicians

* Joe Vitale – drums, percussion on "Cathedral" and "I Give You Give Blind";

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on "Shadow Captain";

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on "Just A Song Before I Go";

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on "Cathedral" * Craig Doerge – electric piano on "Shadow Captain" and "To the Last Whale..."; piano on "Shadow Captain";

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on "To the Last Whale..." * James Taylor – acoustic guitar on "To the Last Whale..." * Paul Harris – keyboards on "Change Partners" *

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– bass on "Shadow Captain," "I Give You Give Blind," and "Cathedral" *

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– bass on "Love the One You're With" and "Change Partners" *

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– bass on "Just A Song Before I Go" * Leland Sklar – bass on "To the Last Whale..." * Kenny Passarelli – bass on "First Things First" * Dallas Taylor – drums on "Carry On" "First Things First," "Pre-Road Downs," and "Change Partners" * Russ Kunkel – drums on "Just A Song Before I Go," "Shadow Captain," and "To the Last Whale..."; congas on "Shadow Captain"; percussion on "Just A Song Before I Go" * Jim Gordon – drums on "Marrakesh Express" * Jeff Whitaker – congas on "Love the One You're With" * Joe Lala – percussion on "First Things First" * Rita Coolidge, Priscilla Jones, John Sebastian – backing vocals on "Love the One You're With" * Fred Neil, Henry Diltz – backing vocals on "Change Partners" *

Cass Elliot Ellen Naomi Cohen (September 19, 1941 – July 29, 1974), known professionally as Mama Cass and later on as Cass Elliot, was an American singer and voice actress. She was a member of the singing group the Mamas & the Papas. After the group brok ...

– backing vocals on "Pre-Road Downs" * Mike Lewis,

Joel Bernstein Joel Bernstein is a photographer, guitarist, and record producer based in Oakland, California. His photographs have appeared as the album covers to, among others, ''After the Gold Rush'', ''4 Way Street'', ''Rita Coolidge'', ''Wind on the Water ...

– string arrangements on "Cathedral" *

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- pedal steel guitar on "Change Partners"

Charts

References

Works cited * Zimmer, Dave, and Diltz, Henry. ''Crosby Stills & Nash: The Authorized Biography'' (First edition), St. Martin's Press, 1984. {{DEFAULTSORT:Replay (Crosby, Stills and Nash album) Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young compilation albums 1980 compilation albums Atlantic Records compilation albums Albums produced by Neil Young Albums produced by Graham Nash Albums produced by David Crosby Albums produced by Stephen Stills